COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 9, 2009) – USA Volleyball is proud to announce its 12-player roster for the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team, which will compete at the 2009 FIVB World Championship on July 31-Aug. 9 in Pune, India.

The team will begin training on July 14th in Chula Vista in preparation for the tournament.

“The number one goal is that everyone stays healthy,” U.S. Head Coach Shawn Patchell said. “Then we want to gel as a team. Hopefully we can create some good chemistry and have a chance to medal.”

Patchell, the head coach of the BYU men’s volleyball team, led the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team to a bronze medal at NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship in San Salvador, El Salvador last July, which qualified them for the World Championship.

Seven players from that bronze-medal winning team will return for the U.S. at the World Championship. These players are Tri Bourne (Honolulu, Hawai’i), Tyler Jaynes (Granite Bay, Calif.), Joe Kauliakamoa (Las Vegas, Nev.), Brad Lawson (Honolulu, Hawai’i), Erik Shoji (Honolulu, Hawai’i), who was named Best Defender, Best Receiver, and Best Libero at the NORCECA Championship, Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.), and Joe Sunder (Greensburg, Pa.).